The Final Recap of Authorship Predictions
The article discusses the author's predictions about Supreme Court case authorships. The author correctly predicted that Coach Kavanaugh would write the opinions for the transgender sports cases and that the Chief would write the birthright citizenship opinion. The author plans to provide more analysis on recent cases in the future.
- ▪The author correctly predicted Coach Kavanaugh's authorship of the transgender sports cases.
- ▪The author was incorrect about Alito authoring NRSC.
- ▪The author believes Alito may have lost the majority opinion in Hamm v. Smith.
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The Final Recap of Authorship Predictions Josh Blackman | 6.30.2026 10:39 AM I correctly predicted that Coach Kavanaugh would have the transgender sports cases and the Chief would write birthright citizenship. I was wrong about Alito authoring NRSC, but that means he did not write anything in December, which gives weight to my theory that Alito lost the majority opinion in Hamm v. Smith. I will have much more to say about today's cases, and yesterday's cases, and last week's cases, in due course.
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